The redesigned Aircrew Endurance Survival Vest recently passed initial operating capability, a key milestone in the development of development of the life-saving equipment, the service announced ...

Lt. Chris Mecham, Naval Naval Aircrew Systems (PMA-202) Fleet Air Introduction/Liaison of Survival Aircrew Flight Equipment (FAILSAFE) lead, introduces the core FAILSAFE team at the program’s ...

The Navy is testing out new aircrew survival vests for helicopter and V-22 Osprey aircrews, lighter arrays the sea service hopes will cut down on overheating issues while reducing back and neck ...

Currently, aircrews have separate flexible body armor, combat equipment with onboard tethers, a built-in flotation device and survival gear. Work being done at Air Warrior, the program that runs ...

There has to be a clear system in place to make sure nothing is overlooked, and with the merge of Aircrew Flight Equipment units into one flight in the 54th Operations Support Squadron here, this ...

The gear will be issued to crew flying a variety of aircraft including AH-1 Viper, UH-1 Venom, MV-22 Osprey, CH-53 Super and King Stallions and MH-60 Seahawk. Some may have different needs to ...

On December 14th, an aircrew member from the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB) in Landstuhl, Germany, will become the 10,000th Soldier to receive a pre-deployment Air Warrior kit containing the ...

Survival systems provider Survitec will begin serial production of Aircrew Flight Equipment (AFE) kits for F-16 Block 70/72 Viper aircrew of Morocco and Taiwan, following the completion of an ...

Staff Sgt. Ross Dugger, a 354th Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment craftsman, zips up the new arctic survival seat kit for the F-35A Lighting II on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska ...

The Navy is in the process of purchasing a new armored vest for aircrews that modernizes the older, more restrictive PRU-60 aircrew armor.

Searchlight Capital Partners is exploring a sale of Survitec’s aerospace and defense business, which provides safety and survival equipment including for F-35 fighter pilots, according to people ...

The Navy is testing out new aircrew survival vests for helicopter and V-22 Osprey aircrews, lighter arrays the sea service hopes will cut down on overheating issues while reducing back and neck ...